Almost naked last week, the larch still held enough color to stand out in the crowd of evergreens. Clusters of green needle-shaped leaves emerged during spring like a feathery fleece on the tree’s ...

It can be a challenge to find a tree that thrives in a cold climate, but it's not impossible. Plant this fast-growing conifer ...

You can spot the gold of the larch trees high on the eastern and northern Cascades in Washington. But to really see them, to feel their softness and breathe in their scent, you must hike. Up. And up ...

Western larches are the showy paradox of Inland Northwest forests. Each fall, the trees outshine other conifers with a short-lived burst of gold-hued beauty. At Sherman Pass in the Colville National ...

As our thoughts turn to spring planting, let’s look at underplanted trees and shrubs over the next few weeks. In this age of the global economy, being a native plant may not be all it’s cracked up to ...

Every fall, Washington’s larch trees transform from green to golden yellow before shedding their needles, creating a short-lived but spectacular display. The Enchantments in the Alpine Lakes ...

For years, the European Larch on the University of Iowa Pentacrest provided shade and a place for children to play on its unique low-hanging branches. When winds from a thunderstorm claimed the ...

In response to last week's column about identifying evergreens, reader Gary H. asks columnist Don Kinzler if a larch is considered an evergreen because it loses its needles in the winter. Reader Gary ...

Half of Britain’s trees could be wiped out by diseases shipped into the country through the boom in horticulture and gardening, an expert warned today. Centuries-old oaks, beautiful horse chestnut ...

"Forest swastikas" discovered in a Bradenburg, Germany, forest are believed to have been planted during the height of the Nazi Party's power. Reuters A forest in Bradenburg, Germany, possesses a group ...

Forestry Commission Scotland is taking action to reduce the spread of a disease that's killing larch trees. The infection has taken hold in part of the Galloway Forest Park - tens of thousands of the ...